Saturday, April 21, 2012

[Periva] Oldest language in the World

As narrated by research supervisor Prof Soundararajan (Retd. IISc/Bangalore) :
When I went to the Kanchi Mutt to have His darshan (Maha Periyava),
four foreigners
were there, an Israeli, an Italian, a German and a British. They had
come to do their
Ph.D., in Philology on the topic of 'the most ancient languages in the
Occidental and
the Oriental world'. They were studying Latin, Hebrew and Greek languages in the
Occidental part and Sanskrit and Tamil in the Oriental part.
He went inside to do His Anushtanas; they had wanted to a photo of Him but His
kaingaryams refused.They were heartbroken that they could not take a picture.
All the four of them were standing near a tree since morning. They
asked His Sevakas
when He will be done with the poojas but got an unconvincing reply.
I told the foreigners that we Indians are used to the way of life at
the Mutt, but how
come you all have been standing for the past 6 hours? One of them looked at his
watch and exclaimed, 'oh my God, has it been 6 hours? He is a Man of Certainty
and is Beyond Time!'
Periyavaa came in after 10 minutes and we all went and prostrated to
Him. Looking
at the man (who had the camera hanging on his neck) who had wanted to take the
photos, He gestures with His hands that he can take the pictures now.
He posed for
three photos and stops him before the fourth and inquires as to why
they have come.
They told HIM their purpose.
HE asked, "So, did you arrive at a conclusion as to which is the most
ancient language?"
The Israeli replied, "Hebrew is the most ancient in the Occident; but
in the Oriental,
people say that both Sanskrit and Tamil are the oldest, we are
confused and that is
why we are here for Your opinion".
He said, "There is another language which is the most ancient than all
these, it is the
Vedic Language. It is the Source of even Sanskrit and Hebrew."
"There is a verse about Rebirth in Hebrew, can you recite it
completely?", HE asked
the Israeli by giving the man the first two words.
The Israeli recited it for 3 to 4 minutes. Swamigal looked around and
asked some boys,
" have you studied Rig Veda, can you recite this particular verse?"
Those boys recited it for 5 minutes.
He asked me, "can you ask them if they understood what these boys recited now?"
The four men remain quiet.
Maha Periyava turns to the boys and says smilingly, "you all will definitely not
understand what this man had recited in Hebrew!"
He turned to me and said, "tell that Israeli that what he had chanted
before is the
same as what these boys chanted!"
I told him, "Swamiji says that what is you had chanted is
'verbatically' same as the
what the boys had chanted".
Swamigal corrected me, "What? Do not use the word 'verbatically', tell
him that both
the chants are 'alphabetically' the SAME!!!"
He said He will prove it and asked if we have a paper and a pen.
"In Vedas it is mentioned that the world has been classified into 32
portions/regions.
And in each of the 32 geographic regions, Vedas say how the Veda Aksharas have
changed/pronounced in those places!"
He asks each of them which region they come from and then explains to them how a
particular Veda Aksharam is changed in their individual places! He
asked the boys to recite
verse from Rig Veda again and told the men how each Aksharam in Rig
Veda in that verse
will sound in their Regions!
The Sarveshwaran told me, "I will now say this verse with some
difficulty as it has been
a long time since I had Abhyasam, ask that Israeli if he understands
my recital!"
To the boys He said, "I will now say it in a slightly different form
based on how each
Aksharam will sound in Hebrew. Please do not think it is wrong; there
is this injunction
in the Vedas that it can be recited this way also."
And The Sarveshwaran started to say it, slowly. Wonder of Wonders, the
Israeli starts to
recite it Together with Him!!!
(Sarveshwaraa, I am unable to type now due to a flood of emotions...)
We were all Stunned !
"I told you earlier, the same verse in Rig Veda is present ditto in
Hebrew, but the Aksharas
have changed slightly. (like we say "Yamuna" but in the North it is
"Jamuna", "Va" in the south
is "Ba" in West Bengal, "Paa" in Tamil is "Haa" in Kannada etc)
Therefore, the most ancient language in the world is the Vedic language!"
Swamigal asked the four men to prepare a table and fill it with how
the Rig Veda Aksharams
sounded in their language. This was completed in 15 minutes.
The Israeli was shocked and exclaimed, "this is something unimaginable!"
He asked him, "what do you think now, do you now agree that everything
has sprung from Vedas?"
The look on the Israeli was not convincing.
He said, "what, is he thinking that why, could not have Vedas
originated from Hebrew?"
The man says, "yes, it could have been the reverse also, the Vedas
could have come from Hebrew".
Periyavaa replies, "you have only the lock, whereas we have both the
key and the lock!
It is even mentioned in the Vedas as to which Maharishi from here in
India went to your
region and spread/taught Vedas in Israel!"
The man seemed to be convinced in the end.
ஸ்ரீஸ்ரீஸ்ரீ மஹா பெரியவா திருவடி சரணம்
ஜெய ஜெய சங்கர ஹர ஹர சங்கர
Pranams
Rajaji
ஸ்ரீஸ்ரீமஹா பெரியவா